The Clarion Park Avenue is a tourist class hotel, formerly the Howard Johnson's New York City. Located within walking distance of the Empire State Building, it is the starting point for most bus tours and is only a block from a subway station. The C... more

The Clarion Park Avenue is a tourist class hotel, formerly the Howard Johnson's New York City. Located within walking distance of the Empire State Building, it is the starting point for most bus tours and is only a block from a subway station. The Clarion Park Avenue is only a few blocks to Grand Central Station, and a short distance from the United Nations. This hotel offers quality, refurbished accommodations in a great neighborhood, at a modest rate. The Clarion Park Avenue is a good choice for the traveler seeking value in East Mid town Manhattan. The Clarion Park Avenue offers a variety of amenities to accommodate the needs of it's guests, both for business and leisure. The hotel has 60 newly renovated guest rooms, appointed with all the standard comforts and amenities. The hotel staff is waiting and willing to serve you. The Clarion Park Avenue is minutes to fine dining, shopping, and entertainment venues.

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Clarion Hotel Park Avenue

429 Park Ave S, New York City, NY 10016-8002

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Maude D

Montreal, Canada

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Solo travel

Disappointed

Feb 1, 2019

I have stayed at other Choice Hotel in New York City including the Midtown West comfort Inn which I had a amazing stay.
The Clarion..... positive
Super nice staff, clean...
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I have stayed at other Choice Hotel in New York City including the Midtown West comfort Inn which I had a amazing stay.The Clarion..... positive Super nice staff, clean room, free breakfast,comfortable bed. Negative:Really sketchy people staying there.My first 2 nights were ok. Third and final night was a nightmare as a “girl of all trades “ had her clients coming in and out of her room every hour and had music blasting all night.The police also showed up on my floor to kick someone out who was smoking drugs. I mentioned it the next morning as I went for breakfast they were apologetic about it but I find it unsafe and did not enjoy not sleeping at all on my final night.Again staff really friendly and helpful but really sketchy hotel and guests I didn’t feel comfortable staying there.There should be no “visitors”every hours of the night showing up one after another in the room in front of mine. With the small hallway you can hear everything.... Would not recommend or go back. Very disappointed stay......

I stayed for four nights in September 2018. Had a wonderful stay. Two desk clerks greeted me, both male, I want to say Yuri and Juan were their names? They...
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I stayed for four nights in September 2018. Had a wonderful stay. Two desk clerks greeted me, both male, I want to say Yuri and Juan were their names? They were SOOO helpful with ideas for food and attractions. The breakfast attendant was friendly, too. Yes, the hallways were small, and the room was too, but I have never found a room in NYC that wasn't small, unless you pay over $300 a night. Breakfast was everything I needed, and saved me $10 a day. Plenty of outlets by the bed (I have a c-pap, 2 phones and an Ipad). Coffee maker a huge plus. Fridge would have been nice, but not a deal breaker. Location was great. I travel solo, so it is important to me to feel safe. My only complaint (and it would be a plus for many other people) was that the bed was too soft.

Everything was fairly good. The room was clean, bathroom was clean, it was more spacious than what I expected for being in Manhattan. The breakfast was just ok, but it...
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Everything was fairly good. The room was clean, bathroom was clean, it was more spacious than what I expected for being in Manhattan. The breakfast was just ok, but it was free and a way to start the day without having to pay crazy NY restaurant prices. I would have probably given it 4 stars if it weren't for the people working there - they were all so fantastic! So helpful, so friendly, so nice, even when they had to be there working on New Year's. They gave us recommendations for local restaurants, went to the kitchen to get us silverware when we got late-night food delivery that didn't have any utensils, always greeted us with a smile and some friendly conversation - overall they were just great!

We enjoyed our stay here. We found all the employees friendly and helpful. Housekeeping seemed attentive and thorough. Room 301 had 2 double beds and the room itself was quite...
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We enjoyed our stay here. We found all the employees friendly and helpful. Housekeeping seemed attentive and thorough. Room 301 had 2 double beds and the room itself was quite large. I wasn't a big fan of breakfast, but it was arranged nicely. Only complaint is we asked that the credit card we reserved the room with be changed at check in. They took our new card and id and said it was no problem. I noticed when I got home that they had run the charges on the original card.

Stayed 2 nights, Friday and Saturday. Hotel is well located and the staff is friendly. That’s all the positive comments.
Hot water was out *both* mornings! Both times I got...
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Stayed 2 nights, Friday and Saturday. Hotel is well located and the staff is friendly. That’s all the positive comments. Hot water was out *both* mornings! Both times I got the same explanation- front desk said it was a broken pump and it would be fixed in 2 hours. Unacceptable. Carpets are old and tired in halls and in the room. Furniture too. Smells— staff uses overly scented cleaning supplies, noticeable and unpleasant for me. Bed very soft. Will not return.

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Clarion Park Avenue is located in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan.
Murray Hill, along with Turtle Bay and Kips Bay, lies in the vast stretch of Manhattan's East Side, between the rabble and riot of Alphabet City and the East Village and the luxuriant old money of the Upper East Side. Sedate and low-key, the neighborhood is largely home to modern residences and, middling rents, and a mash-up of long-time locals and the recently graduated, MBA set, who gladly trade in hipness points for being able to say they can afford to live in Manhattan. That is, until the Second Avenue subway opens up and Murray Hill joins the rest of the island's rent brackets.

What is essentially Midtown East East stretches from Fifth Avenue to the East River (some say Third Avenue, but what do they know), and from 40th Street to 34th Street. It is bounded by Turtle Bay to the north, Kips Bay to the south, and Midtown to the west. With Grand Central Station at its northwestern corner and the Queens Midtown Tunnel on the east, pedestrian and traffic congestion in the neighborhood is high, especially when the United Nations in session, causing a never-ending headache for residents who cherish the ever-shrinking calm of its quieter streets.

Two of New York City's most iconic pieces of architecture stand at the corner of the neighborhood— Grand Central Terminal and the Chrysler Building, both of which are fine examples of Beaux Arts and Art Deco, respectively. Grand Central, while not a part of the storied and gorgeous trail of Pennsylvania Railroad stations—that would be Penn Station's sole claim in NYC—is still one of the most impressive railroad terminuses in America, and rivals even some of the best stations in the world. Its gleaming brass clock, the exquisite staircases, and the unique celestial ceiling, with its light bluish-green background filled with well-known constellations dotted by tiny lights. Restored in recent years, the cavernous main hall is bathed in natural light during the day, and pulsates with activity day and night, thanks not least to its three busy restaurants: Michael Jordan's Steakhouse, Metrazur, and the famous Grand Central Oyster Bar. The gorgeous Chrysler Building gleams nearby, and while the building isn't open to tourists, its staggeringly beautiful Art Deco lobby, with murals celebrating transportation themes, is definitely one of New York’s finest.

Meanwhile, the Morgan Library & Museum presents diverse cultural offerings and is home to a dazzling collection of rare books, all housed in an Italian Renaissance-style palazzo that reflects the nature and stature of its contents. Murray Hill is also home to various educational and cultural institutions such as the CUNY Graduate Center, Stern College for Women and the Oxford University Press. Other notable establishments include the Mexican Cultural Institute and the Scandinavia House, which is dedicated to the education and preservation of Nordic culture.

There are also plenty of dining options on the Hill. If you're craving Mexican, try Baby Bo's Cantina on 2nd Avenue, or perhaps a pricier Italian meal at venerable neighborhood institution Rossini's, or go full-on Mediterranean at Salute. Murray Hill also counts the original The Palm among its favorite eateries, a casual elegant restaurant that has remained in its place since 1926, long before their brand branched out into other parts of Manhattan and, eventually, from coast-to-coast. The walls are adorned with caricatures of nationally and locally famous figures, and generations have been coming back to taste the incredible hash browns or to order a three-pound jumbo lobster, not to mention the steaks that made the Palm famous in the first place!

Murray Hill is a great neighborhood to stay in while you're visiting New York—it's close to many major attractions, but still out of the way enough that it makes for an easy and quick escape from the hectic pace of Midtown—and the hotel offerings in the area mirror that fact. The all-suite Affinia Dumont is among the more spacious and elegant options, while the Park South Hotel is a more moderately priced option that's still rife with style.

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